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Works of Virgil: Book IV

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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Virgil

Virgil
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Book IV

(Lines 1-197.)

We are now back to where we were in Book I, and queen Dido is suffering
as only these wounded by love can suffer. After tossing and turning all night,
going over and over in her mind Aeneas' words and remembering his every look
and gesture, she runs to her sister, Anna, for counsel. To Anna Dido confesses
that if she had not made up her mind to remain loyal to her long dead husband,
Sychaeus, she would be more than willing to yield to this intense emotion she
now feels. She had truly loved Sychaeus and now she recognizes an awakening of
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